![George Kelly]( "Fowokan")
 My work is rooted in the traditions of pre-colonial Africa and ancient Egypt rather than the Greco Roman art of the west. Coming to the visual arts late in life I deliberately chose not to be trained in western art institutions as I felt that these institutions could not teach me what I wanted to know. They were too deeply entrenched in their own traditions with little or no understanding or interest in the things that interested me most, which are the ideas that lie behind the art and culture of Africa. |
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Born Kenness George Kelly, Kingston Jamaica, 1943, I exhibit my work under the name Fowokan (a Yoruba word meaning: One who creates with the hand). I am mainly self-taught and have been a practising sculptor working in the figurative tradition since the late 1970s. Recently however I’ve been experimenting with the digital camera and computer producing digital images based on my sculptures. |
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